Will Guo spill all?
By Leonardo Micua
WITH the arrest of dismissed mayor Alice Guo, also known as Gou Hua Ping, in Indonesia and her deportion back to PH right after, her protectors for the POGO scam business in both the past and present administrations must now be panic-stricken.
That’s because of the possibility that Guo — if she wants to save her own skin — will spill the beans before the committee on women, children and family relations of the Senate chaired by Senator Risa Hontiveros.
The long arm of the law finally caught up with her after her daring escape from the Philippines, the details of which remain hazy.
PBBM has said that heads will roll for those who facilitated her and her siblings’ escape in July.
Apart from the Senate inquiry, she is also facing a slew of cases along with Cassandra Li Ong, her siblings Sheila and Wesley, and their parents with whom they reportedly had a rendezvous in Singapore, and of course, Dennis Cunanan, alleged facilitator of the POGO licenses for both the Porac, Pampanga and Bamban, Tarlac hubs.
Her cases so far include graft and corruption, money laundering, qualified human trafficking because of the big number of foreigners recruited to help operate the POGO scam hubs, a few of whom were tortured and even murdered, and several others.
She is also suspected to be a Chinese spy who entered the Philippines as a young girl, acquired a supposedly natural-born citizenship, acquired billions and was elected as mayor of a small, sleepy town.
She had been dismissed as mayor of Bamban, Tarlac but is still appealing before the Department of the. Interior and Local Government, and of course a quo warranto case filed by the Solicitor General’s Office.
How she could possibly defend herself from all these charges is what all Filipinos like me want to hear from her.
But first, she should let us know the truth on how she and her siblings managed to get out of the country undetected by the Bureau of Immigration and by other law enforcement agencies.
The version of Sheila Guo before the Quad Com of Congress is quite unbelievable and is considered by many as a mere convenient tall tale to protect the people who helped them in their escape.
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The sworn affidavit submitted by P/Lt. Colonel Jovie Espenido to the Quad Com in Congress stating that the PNP “is the biggest crime group in the Philippines” based on his experience as an organic member of the force during the war on drugs of the previous administration is too damaging a claim against the organization and to all men in uniform by just one man.
Unless corroborated with solid evidence, the allegation made by a former poster boy of President Rodrigo Duterte and former PNP chief Ronald ‘Bato’ de la Rosa will be considered merely as a hearsay and a tall tale, to say the least, that could not stand scrutiny in the court of law.
As for his allegation naming now Senator Bato as head of that crime group, Espenido put himself in a collision course with his former superior and other high-ranking officers of the PNP, along with Senator Bong Go, a close Duterte ally.
Espenido also claims that policemen were rewarded for every drug personality killed and the prize money came from the payola from the operations of Small Town Lottery — this, too, needs detailed corroboration and evidence, otherwise his sworn affidavit would be dropped like a hot potato.
Already, Police Major General Romeo Caramat expressed total disagreement with Espenido’s assertions, saying the country would not have the peace and order that we enjoy today had the PNP not been doing its job professionally.
Espenido said before the Quad Com that during Duterte’s reign, he had the privilege of direct access to the PNP chief and President Duterte himself.
So what prompted the major’s turnaround now?
Many suspect he could just be sour-graping as he may have been left out of the supposed promotion as reward for the accomplishments, which was to neutralize drug syndicates and all individuals who got in the way.
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